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Definition of Incommensurable

Incommensurable
Incommensurable In`com*men"su*ra*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + commensurable: cf. F. incommensurable.] Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. They are quantities incommensurable. --Burke. -- In`com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*men"su*ra*bly, adv.
Incommensurable
Incommensurable In`com*men"su*ra*ble, n. One of two or more quantities which have no common measure.

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- which one is more valid or useful. On the other hand, theories are incommensurable if they are embedded in starkly contrasting conceptual frameworks whose...
- an irrational number, the line segments are also described as being incommensurable, meaning that they share no "measure" in common, that is, there is...
- succeeding a paradigm shift are so different that their theories are incommensurable—the new paradigm cannot be proven or disproven by the rules of the...
- their ratio ⁠a/b⁠ is a rational number; otherwise a and b are called incommensurable. (Recall that a rational number is one that is equivalent to the ratio...
- the main form of distribution of journal articles since ca. 2000, is incommensurably smaller, than the cost of on-paper publishing and distribution, which...
- simultaneously.) This is significant in relation to the issue of incommensurability (see below). An example of a currently accepted paradigm would be...
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- figures, as well as a theory of ratios that avoided the problem of incommensurable magnitudes, which enabled subsequent geometers to make significant...
- another or rationally evaluated against one another—that they are incommensurable. This gave rise to much talk of different peoples and cultures having...